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Along with Canada, Team USA is one of just two countries that have won gold in women's ice hockey since the event was added to the Olympics in 1998. The Americans won that inaugural year in Nagano, then endured four straight Canadian victories until 2018, when Team USA struck back with a dramatic overtime win to capture gold in Pyeongchang.
The U.S. women’s hockey team opened play at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics with a 5-1 win over Czech Republic.
Follow NBC News live updates for the latest on the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, where hockey and snowboarding events will open ahead of the opening ceremony.
The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, will run from Friday, Feb. 6 through Sunday, Feb. 22. Over the course of those two weeks, athletes from 92 countries -- not including Russia or Belarus -- will compete in 16 different sports.
Freestyle skiing events at the Winter Olympics will air across NBC and USA Network. The full TV schedule is below. Fans can also stream every freestyle skiing race on Peacock, which will carry every event of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics live.
CNN's Audie Cornish and New York Magazine editor Will Leitch discuss the US becoming the "global villain" at 2026 Winter Olympics amid international tensions.